I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Thought for the Day!!

Hope all of you have a wonderful Saturday and the beginning of a lovely weekend!  Remember to smile, to laugh and to enjoy!!

Friday, March 28, 2014

One Quiet Moment

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just the absence of violence but the manifestation of human compassion.
Dalai Lama

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY? (written by kids)





You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.

-- Alan, age 10


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No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
-- Kristen, age 10
 


2.
 WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.

-- Camille, age 10


3.
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? 
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.

-- Derrick, age 8
 


4.
 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? 
Both don't want any more kids.
 
-- Lori, age 8
 


5.
 WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
-Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.

-- Lynnette, age 8
 (isn't she a treasure)

-On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.

-- Martin, age 10
 


6.
 WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE? 
-When they're rich.

-- Pam, age 7
 ( Love her )

-The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.

- - Curt, age 7


-The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.

- - Howard, age 8
 


7.
 IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.

-- Anita, age 9
(bless you child )


8.
 HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED? 
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?

-- Kelvin, age 8
 

And the #1 Favorite is
....... 


9.
 HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK? 
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.

-- Ricky, age 10
    

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Sky Watch!!

Share your beautiful skies with us every week!!
In separateness lies the world's true misery. In compassion lies the world's true strength
Buddha

World peace is us...We are walking agents of the vision of peace we carry inside us
Kathleen Vande Kieft

Those for whom peace is no more than a dream are asleep to the future
Jack DuVall

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

One Quiet Moment

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
       - Isaac Bashevis Singer

It's All in One's Perspective!!

Nature is man's teacher.  She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumines his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.  ~Alfred Billings Street
My good friend does find the most beautiful pictures and I'm so happy that she shares them with me so I can in turn share them with you!!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

One Quiet Moment

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.  ~Rachel Carson

Another Beautiful Day at the Park!!

Yesterday was a busy day -- I posted for Our World then had an MRI at the local hospital  -- isn't it fun getting old????? Then I realized I needed groceries if I was planning on eating anytime soon!! So I went shopping!! Consequently, I'm taking you back to the park with me today!  These old trees with the really "knotty/knobby" trunks are amazing and comforting, too, my old joints aren't alone!!  Anyway, I hope you enjoy these and I'll get it all back together soon!!

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.
-- Glenn Clark


It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
       - Henry David Thoreau

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
       - Kahlil Gibran


   Peace... is seeing a sunset, and knowing who to thank. 

                                                                         Unknown



Monday, March 24, 2014

Our World!!

                                    
Share the beauty of your world with us every week!!!
Ah, yes! Spring has arrived and isn't it wonderful!!


Adopt the pace of nature:  her secret is patience.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.  ~Henry Van Dyke

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.  ~Rumi

There are additional photos on yesterday's blog if you would like to see more of the park!! It's awesomely beautiful!

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Happy Sunday!!!

A beautiful visit to a an incredible park only a few miles from where I live!!  Spring is arriving, tree by tree!!
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
       - Aristotle
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
       - Frank Lloyd Wright

What Can I Say?

What Can I Say?
I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

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